A dinner do with friends from KL (and France)...

Some time back in April, we had a nice dinner with friends from France at home...

The usual setting...

Tomatoes flavourful and simple. Ripe tomatoes should be treated lightly to have maximum enjoyment of their offing: vine ripe tomatoes were served with lightly blanched cherries and kumato, sea salt, drizzle of olive oil and shaved Parmiggino reggiano. A little tuna bits give it the punch...

Fleur de courgette fried in a cold beer batter is served with sea salt and balsamic reduction...

A nice bottle of Cheval Noir...

Pumpkin soup with sour cream is always a crowd pleaser...

Angel hair pasta with a drizzle of air-dried caviar goes a long way...

Selection of cheese for the salad (Main course was white wine braised lamb)

Salad with pan seared figs

a little something before dessert

and to finish chocolate mousse a l'absinthe...

Onset of the dry season in 2016 (Part 3) - natural jacuzzis and swimming pools

 Cool shades of green in the deep understorey gets a shot of colour from the speckled afternoon light...

 the sound of a rustling river is always therapeutic to weary souls...

A sun worshipper - the Malayan Sunbeam butterfly got its fiery colour from the sun...

 how about a natural shiatsu under the gentle cascades...

 mountain water so clear under shimmering mid day sun...

Onset of the dry season in 2016 (Part 2) - natural jacuzzis and swimming pools

To beat the heat, having a dip in a natural mountain stream is probably the best but it needs effort...

a lone skipper guards its domain under the sun-speckled shades

a peep from the undergrowth towards the blue sky